Improvement in apparatus for carbureting air



J H. VAN HOUTEN.

Carbureter.

Nq. 109 562. Patented Nov. 22, 1870.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. VAN HOUTEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING AIR.

Specification forming parb of Letters Patent N0. 109,562, dated November 22, 1870.

T0 all whom 'it may cmwern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES H. VAN HOUTEN, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Oarbonizing-Wheels; and I d0 hereby deolare thal: the followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference being had co the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a front view 0f the wheel entire. Fig. 2 is a. sectional view,showing the flues as combined in a section. Fig.3 is a perspective view of a. sing1e flue. Fig. 4 represents the lining or packing, w'nich is placed b'etween the sections.

a is the air-drum. bis the air-chamber. 0 are the seetions or flues. d is the air-tube. e is the nul; which is screwed upon the shafl: and fastens the sections togetber. f is the shaft which is fastened to the drum in the center, and wheu the seetaions are adjusted and screwed up by means of the nut e the wl1ole wheel becomes rigid aud revolves With the shaft.

By making thefiues separately, as shown in Fig. 3, I am enabled 10 make a more perfect wheel than by any other method, und a1: about half the expense, and its operation is more simple and ab the same time more perfecb.

The air-drum a may bo made of sheel: metal of any required dimensions, in which is placed the air-chamber b, with a tube, d, projectiug through the outside of the drum a, as shown in Fig.l. Through tln'e air-tube is placed a sleeve for the reception of the shaft f. 011 the outside of the drum is soldereda flange 01 washer, g, for the purpose of stiffening the drum-head,'and also to give a better bearing for the air-tube, as upon it the drum revolves.

The sections c are made in single fiues, as show n in Fig. 3, of sheet; metal, so that when completed and soldered together they form a circle corresponding in si2e 110 the drum, as shown in Fig. 2. Between each sectiou is placed a liuing 0f felt, 0r cloth, 01 white lead, o1 any other substance for the purpose ofmaking them air-tight.

'lhe wheel may contain es many sectious as is required, which depends npon the number of lights to be supplied. The first section may be soldered to the drum. Tl1e last section may be soldered to the plante, 0n the outside of which is soldered a flange or washer, against which the nut; e screws, whioh holds whole wheel in position.

WhatIclaim as my invention, und desire to secure by Letters Patents, is-

1. Acarbonizingwheel with its flues formed in seotions aud conneeted together by means 0f a shafb, substantially in the manner herein shown and specified.

2. The carbonizing-wheel herein shown and described, consisting of the aindrum a, a'irohamber b, flues c, formed in sections an1d having a oommon uxis, and tbe air-tube d, when the same are combinedand connected togtether, und operate su-bStantially as described.

JAMES H. VAN HOUTEN.

Witnesses ABRAHAM MANNERS, OLIVER DRAKE. 

